Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 373 · Decided 20 March 2009
Leila David v. State of Maharashtra & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 373 · [2009] 4 S.C.R. 1171
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 22040/2008
- Decided
- 20 March 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Matter referred to larger bench
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21, 142, 129, 32
Headnote
CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, 1971 : s. 14 - Contempt in the face of Supreme Court - During C the hearing of a case four litigants committed contempt in the face of the Court - Held : Per Pasayat. J - Conduct of the contemnors is contemptuous - There is no need to issue notice, as contemnors stated in by what they had said and done in Court - Registrar would take D the contemnors into custody - The contemnors shall suffer three months' simple imprisonment - Per Ganquly, J- This is prima facie an incident when provision of s. 14 of the Act can be invoked - The four steps enumerated in
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